Search Tool: Prehistoric monuments within 2km of SX6023061530

Guidance for walkers: The monuments featured in this database are archaeological treasures and need to be protected and preserved - please do not disturb any sites. Please check access and firing times before visiting sites, not all sites listed are on open access land. Firing ranges and boundaries of open access areas are marked on the OL28 OS Dartmoor Explorer map. Please stick to the country code and consider giving support to the numerous agencies that help to keep Dartmoor a fabulous natural and historic environment!

About the database: In all listings clicking on the photo will open a page for the site with a larger photo. The listings are drawn mainly from scientific journals and will not include the most recently discovered minor sites. There is comprehensive coverage of stone circles, stone rows and menhirs. Listings for cists and cairn circles should cover most of the better known sites. There are only partial entries for round cairns, settlements, pounds and none for reaves. For listings of specific types of monument click on Resources in the menu above. Corrections, or any feedback or suggestions are very welcome, email: info@dartmoorwalks.org.uk.

NOTE: Clicking on the icons for each monument in the map will give the name of the monument. Where icons overlap they are replaced with an icon with a number - zooming in may separate them out.

OS Map:SX 58500 62300NMR record:SX 56 SE 33HER record:2438Megalithic Portal:1824The Stone Rows of GB:CholwichtownPMD:Cholwich Town Stone RowAlternate name: Cholwichtown stone row Stone RowShortName: SRxCholwichButler map: 48.7Notes: "This ring and stone row is now covered by china clay waste. A stone row and circle on top of a low ridge, between Tory Brook and a tributary of the Yealm, near Cholwich Town. The row, extending over 700ft, consisted of uprights 2-3ft. high and 3ft. apart, the circle, at the northern end of the row, was 15ft. in diameter with seven upright stones. The site was excavated in 1961, and the sockets of many missing stones were found, also a pit 8ft. in diameter in the centre of the circle." Pollen analysis suggested the row was originally in a clearing of a wooded area.Nearby sites:SX58506230Distance: 1.89km

OS Map:SX 59827 62268NMR record:SX 56 SE 63HER record:2402Megalithic Portal:45617PMD:Penn Beacon 2Alternate name: Penn Beacon S.2 Platform Cairn CircleShortName: PC:Penn BeaconButler map: 52.14.2Grinsell: COR 4Turner: E7Notes: Turner E7. A tumulus with a retaining circle, in poor condition. Diameter 12m, height 0.5m. "A cairn, about forty feet in diameter, from which almost all the stones have been removed and the central cist destroyed. It was surrounded by a circle of upright stones from one to three feet high, and to the west a row of two pairs of stones." Nearby sites:SX59836227Distance: 0.84km

OS Map:SX 59523 62471NMR record:SX 56 SE 62HER record:2399Megalithic Portal:2077The Stone Rows of GB:Penn Beacon South WestPMD:Penn Beacon Cairn Stone RowAlternate name: Penn Beacon SW Stone RowShortName: SR:PennBeac SWButler map: 52.14.1DPD page: 61Notes: "A short double stone row 24ft. long and nearly 2ft. wide consisting of two pairs of stones on the southern slope of Penn Beacon. To the north end of the row there is a cairn approximately 52 feet in diameter and 6 foot high. It was excavated in 1872, a cist was discovered, though the capstone had collapsed at one end. Fragments of a wide mouthed jar were found and a slate implement, thought to be used for fashioning clay vessels". Lethbridge p.61 Penn Moor south double stone row and cairn - diagram p.59. See also: Bate's 1872 ReportNearby sites:SX59526247Distance: 1.18km

OS Map:SX 59473 63142NMR: No record found HER record:48897Megalithic Portal:36955The Stone Rows of GB:Shell Top South WestPMD:Shell Top Stone RowAlternate name: Shell Top SW Stone RowShortName: SR:ShellTop SWButler map: 51.9DPD page: 60Notes: Not listed in NMR. Discovered by Lethbridge in 1992. Butler Vol. 3 Map 51.9. Oval cairn at the higher end. Orientated just west of north and 73.5 m from the cairn is a massive fallen longstone 2.7 m long which is probably the terminal stone of the row. There are 31 of 47 original stones visible in the row, all but a few either flat or leaning. Lethbridge p.59-61 diagram p.59, 61.Nearby sites:SX59476314Distance: 1.78km